He Said, She Said...Well, Yes Apparently
So like millions around the world I heard about the mysterious "JP" a.k.a. "The Superbowl Proposal Guy" from http://www.mysuperproposal.com/. For those 
of you that aren't familiar with him, the short story is this guy started a blog to raise money to air a marriage proposal to his girlfriend of 5 years during the Superbowl. Though it was originally cleared and set to air, CBS flexed their network muscle and called him at 2nd or 3rd quarter to tell him they pulled his ad. So his back up plan was to air it in a few days after his girlfriend's favorite TV show and that happened. From day one he stated that whatever funds weren't used for whatever reason, the money would go to a children's hospital. In the end, he did raise a lot of money and actually ended up donating it ALL to the hospital. Anyways, I could go on more about this like every other blog in the world has, but you go to the website and read all about it yourself. Watch the proposal here.
What's been moving me to blog today is reading some of the responses people have left on his blog. There has been much more positive feedback than negative, but the negatives really do reduce my faith in people.
1. There are a lot of people that scolded him for wasting money and being an egomaniac. Yet these are the same people that laugh their faces off and cheer for a Budweiser commercial promoting bad beer that cost even more than JP's proposal. Sure, he spent some money, but he's an adult and anyone who donated to him has a right to do with their money as they wish and they chose to help him out, why do we live in a world where people are getting upset about people helping people?
2. There are some comments about how much money he'll have if it doesn't air. These people are so quick to hate that they didn't bother to read his proposal idea. One of the major points from day one was that he would donate any unused funds to a children's hospital (he named a specific one, but I can't remember the name) and that there would be an official press release from the hospital to prove it. Not only did he keep good on this, he donated all of the funds, not just the remaining.
3. There were some comments about how his girlfriend would much prefer something else or how she would want something different than this. How do they know? This man was completely anonymous until the day after his proposal aired. Everyone thinks they know everything about everyone else, even people they don't know at all.
4. Some accused the whole event as being a fraud and some sort of publicity stunt to gain attention for the Superbowl or a TV show or something. It didn't seem fake, but I can't ever be sure, I don't know these people...but does it even matter? Why are there people out there focusing their energy on seeking out and squashing anything that even seems positive? The best case scenario: it's real and they are a cute couple...it was a really cool story to hear and you wish them well in life. The worst case scenario: it's not real but was still a cool story and didn't hurt anyone and a couple charities got some good donations in the end of it all. The span of consequences seems to lie in the positive end of the spectrum and either way is inspiring and sweet enough. If it upsets you, why even waste your energy trying to add more negativity in the world?
Anyways, those are my thoughts about it, hey those guys have all my love and I wish the best for them. He's fortunate to have a girl so cool and she's fortunate to have a guy that's into her and great romantic gestures. The world needs more positive people like this. I can only hope if I ever am blessed enough to have someone so important in my life I'll be as inspired and creative...
"You can always look at the negative, but you should always live in the positive. I try everyday to live that way." -Stevie Wonder
-Rod
P.S. BTW, she said yes, watch that video here.
of you that aren't familiar with him, the short story is this guy started a blog to raise money to air a marriage proposal to his girlfriend of 5 years during the Superbowl. Though it was originally cleared and set to air, CBS flexed their network muscle and called him at 2nd or 3rd quarter to tell him they pulled his ad. So his back up plan was to air it in a few days after his girlfriend's favorite TV show and that happened. From day one he stated that whatever funds weren't used for whatever reason, the money would go to a children's hospital. In the end, he did raise a lot of money and actually ended up donating it ALL to the hospital. Anyways, I could go on more about this like every other blog in the world has, but you go to the website and read all about it yourself. Watch the proposal here.What's been moving me to blog today is reading some of the responses people have left on his blog. There has been much more positive feedback than negative, but the negatives really do reduce my faith in people.
1. There are a lot of people that scolded him for wasting money and being an egomaniac. Yet these are the same people that laugh their faces off and cheer for a Budweiser commercial promoting bad beer that cost even more than JP's proposal. Sure, he spent some money, but he's an adult and anyone who donated to him has a right to do with their money as they wish and they chose to help him out, why do we live in a world where people are getting upset about people helping people?
2. There are some comments about how much money he'll have if it doesn't air. These people are so quick to hate that they didn't bother to read his proposal idea. One of the major points from day one was that he would donate any unused funds to a children's hospital (he named a specific one, but I can't remember the name) and that there would be an official press release from the hospital to prove it. Not only did he keep good on this, he donated all of the funds, not just the remaining.
3. There were some comments about how his girlfriend would much prefer something else or how she would want something different than this. How do they know? This man was completely anonymous until the day after his proposal aired. Everyone thinks they know everything about everyone else, even people they don't know at all.
4. Some accused the whole event as being a fraud and some sort of publicity stunt to gain attention for the Superbowl or a TV show or something. It didn't seem fake, but I can't ever be sure, I don't know these people...but does it even matter? Why are there people out there focusing their energy on seeking out and squashing anything that even seems positive? The best case scenario: it's real and they are a cute couple...it was a really cool story to hear and you wish them well in life. The worst case scenario: it's not real but was still a cool story and didn't hurt anyone and a couple charities got some good donations in the end of it all. The span of consequences seems to lie in the positive end of the spectrum and either way is inspiring and sweet enough. If it upsets you, why even waste your energy trying to add more negativity in the world?
Anyways, those are my thoughts about it, hey those guys have all my love and I wish the best for them. He's fortunate to have a girl so cool and she's fortunate to have a guy that's into her and great romantic gestures. The world needs more positive people like this. I can only hope if I ever am blessed enough to have someone so important in my life I'll be as inspired and creative...
"You can always look at the negative, but you should always live in the positive. I try everyday to live that way." -Stevie Wonder
-Rod
P.S. BTW, she said yes, watch that video here.
posted by Rod Kim @ 3:37 PM
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